Project Gutenberg 2016-09-30 Public domain in the USA. 238 Casas, Bartolomé de las 1484 1566 Casas, Bartolome de las Las Casas, Bartolomé de De las Casas, Bartolomé Historia de las Indias (vol. 3 de 5) Wikipedia page about this book: https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historia_de_las_Indias Produced by Giovanni Fini, Josep Cols Canals, Biblioteca Digital Hispánica and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Historia de las Indias (vol. 3 de 5)" by Bartolomé de las Casas is a historical account written in the late 16th century. This work provides a detailed examination of the Spanish colonization of the Americas, focusing on the treatment of Indigenous peoples and the consequences of European conquests. The author, a Dominican friar and one of the first advocates for the rights of Indigenous populations, critiques the brutal exploitation and violence perpetrated against them by colonizers. The opening of the work presents a preliminary warning about the narratives that will unfold, detailing significant events from previous books while introducing stories of the Spanish endeavors in the New World. It highlights the arrival of Columbus back to Spain after his first voyages and the political maneuvers surrounding his privileges. In this portion, Las Casas outlines the injustices faced by the native populations, including the harsh treatment from the Spanish conquistadors and the establishment of exploitative systems such as encomiendas. The text sets the stage for a somber examination of colonial history, drawing the reader’s attention to the moral implications of these early encounters. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 21.2 (College graduate level). Very difficult to read. es America -- Discovery and exploration -- Spanish -- Early works to 1800 Columbus, Christopher, 1451-1506 -- Early works to 1800 Indians, Treatment of -- Latin America -- Early works to 1800 Spain -- Colonies -- America -- Early works to 1800 F1401 Text Browsing: History - American Browsing: History - General Category: History - American Category: History - Modern (1750+) Category: History - Religious 1034261 2025-06-21T08:45:09.532369 text/html 1018338 2024-10-23T01:11:20 text/html 588946 2025-06-21T08:45:21.467881 application/epub+zip 591677 2025-06-21T08:45:10.976327 application/epub+zip 543507 2025-06-21T08:45:10.277354 application/epub+zip 784815 2025-06-21T08:45:30.104753 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 660793 2025-06-21T08:45:20.666793 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 612755 2022-09-24T06:12:29.556551 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 980050 2025-06-21T08:45:08.891354 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 960221 2024-10-23T01:11:20 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17428 2025-06-21T08:45:30.258736 application/rdf+xml 16270 2025-06-21T08:45:10.369321 image/jpeg 3124 2025-06-21T08:45:10.324319 image/jpeg 436288 2025-06-21T08:45:09.633314 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia